High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Neverwinter is a novel released in October 2011 by fantasy author R. A. Salvatore set in the Forgotten Realms campaign world. It is the second book in The Neverwinter Saga. It follows the continued adventures of drow elf renegade, Drizzt Do`Urden. This story is set days after the events of Gauntlgrym and brings back both familiar and unfamiliar characters.